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Vulcan was 'invented' when the orbit of Mercury didn't match our theory of [non-relativistic] gravity. Then recanted when we improved our knowledge of gravitat
by jeffwass 9y ago
Vulcan was 'invented' when the orbit of Mercury didn't match our theory of [non-relativistic] gravity.
Then recanted when we improved our knowledge of gravitation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)
- macspoofing 9y agoWhat's the moral of the story?
- effie 9y agoSometimes proposed invisible body of mass turns out to really exist, sometimes it is discarded as no longer necessary.
- macspoofing 9y agoExactly the point I wanted to make to OP - who was skeptical of dark matter because we didn't throw out General Relatively, one of the most tested and successful theories of all time, when some aberrations were noticed.